Jim reckons that Amazon Prime's version of The Boys is miles better than their botched take on Preacher. But first, in a rare moment of intra-podcast camaraderie, everyone agrees that critics were wrong about the Lion King remake – we think it’s wonderful.

Also: Burns is excited about The Irishman. Jim’s mum didn’t like Rocketman, but Dave did. Plus, why aren’t esports triumphs celebrated like any other competition win? Because they should be.

We talk about Netflix's Witcher series, the best Doctor Who and why she needs to swap her sonic for an Uzi in an increasingly cold and hostile universe, and we find out that Dave used to play lacrosse, bringing his working class credentials into disrepute.

Jim went to see Spider-Man, Dave worked on a film with Bill Murray which nobody has ever heard of, Jim’s old boss looked like Bill Murray, Dave interfered with a seagull in Brighton, Burns didn’t mention Alien 3.

Jim went to a screening of the DS9 documentary in Bristol, where he was accidentally rude to someone, the imbecile, the moron. Burns found a sense of spiritual clarity about the nature of fandom after revisiting the Street Fighter movie. Dave likes dogs.

Jim, Burns and Dave are back with their first podcfast of 2018 in which they talk about God of War, Westworld, and Infinity War while Jim goes off on a series of weird tangents. Many of your questions from Twitter are answered. Also, the boys are excited about going to E3.

A Burnsless Jim & Dave take a rare opportunity to relax, share some Christmas cheer, and talk about their favourite games, films and telly of what has been a stellar year for culture, if not for the human race.